Most hunters checked during two recent enforcement blitzes in Northeastern Ontario were in compliance with Ontario’s hunting regulations. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry conservation officers checked moose and deer hunters over two separate two-week periods during October and November,…

An Eldee man has been fined $4,000 for an offence under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Brandon Illerbrun pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing Crown wood from a forestry operation on Crown land. In addition to the fine, Illerbrun was given…

A New Liskeard business owner has been fined $1,000 for possessing illegally killed wildlife. William McMillan, owner of Bill the Butcher, pleaded guilty to possessing an illegally killed moose and was ordered not to possess moose, deer or bear for…

Four North Bay-area men have been fined a total of $1,405 for public land and off-road all-terrain vehicle offences. Eric Lebrun of Commanda was found guilty in a trial in absentia and fined $350 for disobeying a notice posted under…

Ontario is helping to protect the province’s threatened Algonquin wolf population by introducing new rules for hunting and trapping in certain areas. Due to the similarity in appearance of Algonquin wolf and coyotes and other wolves, the province has closed…

An independent panel of expert scientists has found Ontario’s current fisheries monitoring and recovery practices to be the best option to stabilize and recover the walleye fishery. In April 2016, the province commissioned an internationally-recognized group of scientists to…

Ten Ontario men have been fined a total of $7,750 for various moose hunting offences. David Bodhaine of Brockville pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for unlawfully hunting a cow moose and $1,000 for unlawfully possessing a cow moose. He…

Ontario is prohibiting and restricting 19 invasive species to prevent their arrival and control their spread in the province and protect the environment. New regulations under the Invasive Species Act, now in effect, ban the import, breeding, purchase and sale…

The endangered fish are often sliced open and left to rot by poachers seeking to sell roe, used to make caviar and worth thousands on the black market. With eggs for caviar that can make one fish worth as…

A provincial fund of $70 million in public money doesn’t just disappear. One way to find out for sure would be to call in Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk, which is just what a London-area MPP wants to do. Progressive Conservative Jeff…